| swimmer | (n) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets, Example: he was an Olympic swimmer |
| swimmer | (n) a person who travels through the water by swimming, Syn. bather, natator, Example: he is not a good swimmer |
| swimmeret | (n) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming, Syn. pleopod |
| swimming | (n) the act of swimming; :, Syn. swim, Example: it was the swimming they enjoyed most; they took a short swim in the pool |
| swimming crab | (n) marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming |
| swimming event | (n) an athletic competition that involves swimming |
| swimming hole | (n) a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming |
| swimming kick | (n) a movement of the legs in swimming |
| swimming meet | (n) a swimming competition between two or more teams, Syn. swim meet |
| swimming pool | (n) pool that provides a facility for swimming, Syn. natatorium, swimming bath, Example: `swimming bath' is a British term |
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| Swimmeret | n. (Zool.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Swimming | a. [ From Swim to be dizzy. ] Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; |
| Swimming | n. Vertigo; dizziness; |
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| Swimming | n. The act of one who swims. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Swimmingly | adv. In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Swimmingness | n. Act or state of swimming; suffusion. “A swimmingness in the eye.” Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ] |